How Business Schools Set Founders Up for Failure with Robin Copernicus: An EOFire Classic from 2021
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
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🗓️ 14 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
Robin Copernicus is an author, startup mentor, and startup community influencer. He is the founder of Vertical Liftoff (VLO): the first startup accelerator that helps founders skip investor funding.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Success is doing what you want whenever you want to do it. Be yourself and be comfortable with who you are.
2. Building a brand story and connection with your users are the things that copycats cannot take away from you.
3. Empower yourself by building a vertical startup that puts all the power in the founder's hands – enjoy and profit simultaneously.
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| 0:00.0 | Who's ready to rock today, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to entrepreneurs on fire. |
| 0:08.0 | Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals |
| 0:11.6 | with great shows like truth, lies, and work. Today we're pulling a classic episode from the |
| 0:15.4 | archives and we will be breaking down how business school set founders up for failure. |
| 0:19.9 | To drop these value bombs, I brought Robin |
| 0:21.4 | Kaepernicus into Eofire Studios. Robin is an author, startup mentor, and startup community influencer, |
| 0:26.1 | and the founder of Vertical Lift Off, the first startup accelerator that helps founders skip |
| 0:30.2 | investor funding. In today, Foundation, we'll talk about how success is doing what you want |
| 0:34.5 | whenever you want to do it, be yourself and be comfortable with who you are. |
| 0:41.5 | How to empower yourself by building a vertical startup that puts all the power in the founder's hands and joy and profit simultaneously and owe so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring today's |
| 0:46.7 | episode goes to Robin and our sponsors. The next wave, your chief AI officer hosted by Matt Wolf |
| 0:53.3 | and Nathan Lance is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. |
| 0:59.0 | AI technology is transforming the way we do business and the media landscape is fragmented. |
| 1:03.6 | The Next Wave strives to be the leading podcast on AI technology and how you can apply it to growing your business. |
| 1:09.2 | Listen to The Next Wave wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:13.3 | Have you ever said to yourself, one day I will write a book? |
| 1:16.6 | If yes, then I have an opportunity for you. |
| 1:19.5 | Author 100 is a 100-day program where I will personally guide you one-on-one |
| 1:24.4 | to create, write, publish, and market your book. I will provide daily |
| 1:28.8 | guidance and mentorship every step of the way. Head over to author 100.com to sign up for a free |
| 1:35.4 | call with me to chat about the details. Author.10.com. Robin, say what's up to Fire Nation |
| 1:44.0 | and share something that you believe about becoming successful |
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